That’s why in this tutorial I will show you their true power and how they can turn several hours of work into just a few minutes. The technique is quite simple and it shines particularly when you want to modify multiple designs containing similar objects,such as mock-up sets for laptops, smartphones and displays.

What is a Smart Object?

In simple terms, a Smart Object is a fully layered file within a .PSD file, but embedded into a single layer. You can edit, replace and export them at will or import an existing file as part of a larger design.

In the Layers palette, you can recognize it by the “new document-ish” icon in the lower right corner of the layer thumbnail.

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Now imagine editing each image, distorting them to fit the perspectives and placing them in the right locations. In this case, there are not many views, but think about having to deal with 10 or more views. Would have been a nightmare!

This part is intended as a surprise for you, because this pack of 16 e-mail templates comes completely free along with an amazing design bundle!

Getting back to the list of cool free design resources, here are some more ready-to-use e-mail templates.

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Why do I need it?

I’m sure you’ll agree with me, here: a perfect presentation will convince your audience of your determination and effort paid in your line of work and increase the likelihood they will support your ideas. This is where we come in with this product, to help you build that presentation. It’s very easy to use: simply paste in your image and it will be automatically placed on all the images. You could create these yourself, but think of how much time and effort you’d need to spend. So why not just get these templates and save yourself from a headache? Plus, the price is close to that of a meal, it’s quite affordable!

What’s for grabs?

• one layered .PSD file containing the 3 display mock-ups
• instructions on how to use and get the most out of the .PSD file (pro tips inside!)

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Features

• 16 Valid E-mail Templates
• 4 Colors
• compatible with all major email clients
• compatible with all major browsers
• PSDs included
• Documentation
• Lightweight as possible
• Commented Code
• Flexible Layout

Checkout some previews of these fresh, must-have goodies:

Abstract Hi-Res PS Brushes

This set contains 15 max resolution (2500 px) Photoshop abstract brushes at 300 dpi (for print). Use them to create backgrounds for illustrations, websites, in prints, posters and high resolution designs.

Image Flow PS Action Set

This set contains 3 Photoshop actions designed to create a static image slider for presentation purposes. It is very easy to use, simply take the screenshots, paste them in, rename them as shown in the instructions and run the action. You’ll obtain a large image, which you can scale down freely without losing quality. Plus, the final .PSD is layered, you can tweak them easily.

Metal Textures

This set contains 10 high-resolution metal textures. Each image is over 5000 x 3500 px at 240 dpi, especially made for prints and websites alike. Each image is 100% usable, there are no blurry areas. You can create awesome backgrounds for illustrations or websites, add texture to your paintings, create brushes and more.

Pullout jQuery Widgets

This is a set of jQuery Pullout Widgets designed to make some website features to stand out. You can add practically everything to it: login forms, search strings, shopping cart info, videos, contact forms… you name it! This set becomes particularly useful when your website is overcrowded with elements or when you want to guide your readers to a specific area. So why not use this set to do it?

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Premium Quality Vector Signs

This set contains 25 vector Retro “Premium Quality” and “Satisfaction Guaranteed” labels you can use in prints, websites, labels, vintage designs and more. Each label is designed to send the message, but not change the focus point from the final design.

Retro Classic Photoshop Badges

This set contains 12 high quality retro Ps badges designed for web use (72 dpi). Each badge is fully editable: you can change the colors, textures, fonts and texts.

Bokeh Light Effect Ps Brushes

This set contains 10 max resolution (2500 px) Photoshop bokeh brushes at 300 dpi (for print). Use them to create backgrounds for illustrations, websites, in prints, posters and high resolution designs. The unique thing about these brushes is the way they were created: instead of using your average round brush to create scatered, random circles, we used compound shapes. This technique makes the brushes clean and sharp, with no blurry areas except those intended.

Grunge Cement Textures

This set contains 10 high-resolution cement textures. Each image is over 5000 x 3500 px large at 240 dpi (that’s huge!) and you can use them in prints and websites alike. There are no blurry areas or variations in shadows and highlights, they are 100% usable.

3D Book Generator Ps Actions

This is a set of 6 Photoshop actions designed to generate a 3D book in 6 positions. The cool thing about them is that they generate each view from your own, custom cover design. Even more than that, the final image is built at 300 dpi, ready for print.

Coming Soon Page HTML Template

Coming Soon HTML is a web template with many features in a minimalist style, designed to attract attention and inform visitors about your site launch or upcoming events. More than that, it allows them to subscribe to your mailing list and get notified via email.

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Visuall+ One Page HTML Template

Visuall+ is a clean, simple HTML template, which uses latest HTML5 and CSS3 techniques. The template has 7 pages in with 6 color presets. It suits perfectly a portfolio, corporate/business website or blog.  I hope you’ll enjoy it!

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Premium Smartphone Ps Mock-ups

This set contains 16 high resolution smartphone Ps mock-up templates you can use for web, prints and presentations. You can place your own images onto the display or on the back. It’s very easy to use and no advanced Photoshop skills are required. It’s enough for you to know how to paste in an image and how to save a file, it’s that easy!

Ripped Paper Photoshop Brushes

This set contains 10 high resolution ripped paper Photoshop brushes you can use to quickly add ripped borders, create old parchments, add textures to your designs and more. To load them into the Brushes palette, simply double-click the .ABR file.

Photoshop Icon Maker

This set contains 24 icon templates with wood and metal textures, designed to create custom icons for web and apps. To add your image, simply double-click the “Your Image Here” smart object, paste in your image, save it and your icon is ready. Easy as pie.

Free Vector Set of Corporate Identity Templates

This set contains 6 clean vector corporate ID templates you can download and use absolutely FREE! You can show your work, create presentations and mock-ups, use them in prints… you name it!

Each item is grouped, simply double-click one and you’ll be able to individually edit and tweak each component. To place your design, paste it in, distort it to fit the perspective and use the front shape as a clipping mask.

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Why do I need this set?

Because you need high resolution brushes, of course. The average sets you find, whether they are premium or free, hardly go over 800 px in size. What we give you here is top quality stuff, at max size. And they are completely free with the bundle. So why not get them?

What’s for grabs?

• one .ABR file containing 15 high-resolution brushes

Why do i need this set?

To create presentations, of course. These actions enable you to show multiple image in a sytlish and compact manner, instead of the boring image-after-image slideshow. According to one of Gestalt’s principles (law of continuation), in a row of similar images, only the first and the last images are significant. That’s why three images resulting from these actions have a unique aspect, to have a strong impact on your presentation. A strong impact means an increased likelihood of approval and support from your clients and once you got that, the rest is a piece of cake.

What’s for grabs?

• one .ATN file with three actions
• instructions on how to use the actions

Why do I need this set?

It’s a set of high resolution metal textures, of course you need this in your gallery! How many times you needed a good texture and all you could find was a tiny image with horrible lighting, no details and a bit larger than a thumbnail? That’s why we created this set, so you don’t have to go through that experience anymore. Simply download the set and add it to your gallery and you won’t have to worry about not having metal textures at hand!

WordPress created a hidden revolution in the online environment and it seems that its effects will be present many years from now. Unfortunately, the adjective “hidden” is correctly added because the average Internet user is not interested in the platform (WordPress or Joomla) used to create his favorite website. The real benefit is that the designer’s job is significantly simplified; if you know the basics of Microsoft Office then it’s impossible not to be familiarized with WordPress.

Even the creation and launching of a website isn’t such a complicated task as it was in the pre WordPress era: now you buy a theme, a domain name and a host solution and in a few minutes, the website is up. The developers noticed the eagerness of people to launch their online presence and created many interesting themes and layouts.

In order to convince somebody about the significant power of the WordPress tool, this post contains some of the best themes released this year. Though obviously, the Internet is full of other superb themes that consist of plenty of solutions for personal or business websites.

Green is a special color, in the sense that it is a remedy for fatigued eyes but in the same time expresses optimism and exultation. This theme proves that green isn’t only the color of environmental related entities, it has lots of other usages.

If you are interested in a modern and dynamic theme, then you should take this one into consideration. Its simplicity makes the content of the website stand out and it will undoubtedly express a lot of passion and dedication.

This theme is built on the powerful contrast of black and yellow and a somewhat mechanical interface. The images inserted are another proof of the above mentioned influence, but that does not restrict its multiple possible usages.

Here is another impressive theme; the minimal design of the header and footer, transparency and the background image are the powerful traits that make it stand out.

The vintage style is a recurrent trend in fashion and graphics history and this theme is living proof of that. The font used, faded colors and image effects can make anyone fall in love with it.

This theme is perfectly suitable for a blog and in an era where blogging has became so widespread, why not  give it a try?

This a wonderful theme based on the creative idea “less is more”. The layout contains nothing more than what’s necessary but the final result is really beautiful.

This design is minimal, it belongs to the one-single page websites category. Personally, I am an avid lover of these online presences but there are voices that consider them as the works of lazy designers. Which side do you belong to?

Enough with “less is more”, this colorful layout gives a youthful feeling. The theme is much tailored to modern and young visitors, but the decent and well-done composition is suitable for all ages.

Responsive web design is mandatory in our days when the smartphones and tablets are vital in staying up to speed with the latest news. HTML 5 is another almost mandatory element that should be the base of a modern website.

A similarly dynamic theme that best fits responsive web design and portfolio websites.

This theme has an impressive layout and its main traits are probably its simplicity and the fact that it’s user friendly.

There can’t be a showcase without a black and white component and this particular theme is the perfect example of this style’s elegance. These layouts also have the advantage that any important message can be easily highlighted by adding a vivid color to the mix.

This layout relies heavily on the background image that provides a ‘wow’ factor. One of the key traits of a succesful design is being able to make a powerful impression on the viewer/client and this particular themes masters it.

This theme is suitable for a single page website and the chosen color combination is courageous, there is a lot of contrast. Also, the fact that it’s well-structured offers a powerful effect.

This theme leaves a mark on anyone who sees it, due to the view provided by the background image. The rest of the design is kept minimalistic, so it doesn’t overpower it.

This theme offers a design created especially for restaurant owners. The online has become an essential field for promoting your business and what better way to present yourself than with an elegant, user friendly theme?

The playfulness and vivid colors of this theme somehow manage not to make it less professional. It’s flexibility makes it perfect for any business or corporate website, portfolio or blog.

This theme is mostly suitable for a design and art portfolio. Its use friendly interface, modern appearance and use of color are surely going to render the website based on it successful.

Back to black. This color will always be the epitomy of simplicity and elegance and this theme is the “little black dress” of web design.

This theme is futuristic, nice and clean, easily customizable, flexible and created to be perfectly rendered on mobile devices.

Zenden is created for business or corporate category, but it can be customized for many other opportunities. Also, the soft colors help maintain focus on the important elements.

In spite of the childish appearance, the layout is made professionally, each detail being very carefully handled. It’s actually a multipurpose theme with easily customizable elements.

The theme has a powerful sci-fi influence but it can be used very easy as a creative designer portfolio. The simplicity and strong message transmitted.

It is the last in the list but not the least from quality perspective, the layout is nice, versatile and modern.

Here are also a couple of WordPress themes from 2011 that you shouldn’t miss:

Versatility and fully customizable elements are this theme’s powerful traits. It also has tons of features and an impeccable layout, perfect for your blog, presentation website or portfolio.

This theme focuses on multifunctionality and ease of customization, design and structure. It’s the perfect choice for any magazine, blog or portfolio website and the best part is that it’s free!

I hope the design resources presented in this article have been of help to you. For more premium WordPress themes, visit Designtnt.com.